Using the backup utility

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Related topics:

Scheduling backups

Full appliance configuration backups

Component configuration backups

Restoring a backup file

Use the Backup tab of the Administration > Backup Utility page to initiate configuration backups, schedule recurring backups, or manage existing backup files. To restore an appliance or module configuration from an existing backup file, click the Restore tab, and then see Restoring a backup file.

Two types of backup are available on the V-Series appliance:

A full appliance configuration backup saves all appliance settings, as well as configuration and policy information for all active modules (for example, TRITON AP-WEB and TRITON AP-EMAIL). Websense recommends running a full backup on every appliance in your network on a regular basis.

Note that the full backup file may be smaller than the module backup files, because it is compressed.

A component configuration backup saves all configuration information for the selected module. This includes any client and policy data stored on the selected appliance.


	Note Component configuration backup does not include a Content Gateway option. Content Gateway only backups (snapshot) can be performed in Content Gateway manager. Snapshots must be performed manually; there is no scheduling facility.

Backup types and backup status information are shown in the Perform Backup list. To start or schedule a backup, first select the backup type, and then click either Run Backup Now or Configure Backup Schedule (for information about scheduling backups, see Scheduling backups).

You must initially set up the backup function; it is not automatic. Once you schedule backups, however, those backups will continue to run at regular intervals without requiring further intervention. To stop a scheduled backup from recurring, click Cancel Scheduled Backup.

The Local Backup Files list shows all backup files stored on the current appliance. Select a backup type from the View backups for list to change the type of backup file shown.

Each entry in the list includes the following information:

The date and time of the backup

The name of the backup file

For full appliance configuration backup files, the following information is also included:

The patch version of the appliance on which the backup was run. When you restore from a backup, the backup file must be the same version as the appliance you are restoring.

The host name of the backup source.

A comment on the policy information in each backup file.

Email mode indicates a full backup of an TRITON AP-EMAIL appliance.

Full policy source (TRITON AP-WEB mode) or Web (policy source) and Email (Web and Email mode) is the default comment if the backup was generated on the policy source appliance.

User directory and filtering (TRITON AP-WEB mode) or Web (user/filtering) and Email (Web and Email mode) is the default comment if the backup was generated on an appliance configured to run Filtering Service and User Service.

Filtering only (TRITON AP-WEB mode) or Web (filtering only) and Email (Web and Email mode) is the standard comment if the backup was generated on a Filtering only appliance.

Up to 20 appliance backup files and 20 backup files for each module can be stored on the appliance. When the twenty-first backup file is created, the oldest file is automatically deleted.

To download a backup file to another machine, click the file name, then browse to path where you want to save the file.

To delete local backup files manually, mark the checkbox next to the backup file name in the Local Backup Files list, and then click Delete.